System, garment and method

A garment that is wearable by a user to monitor or sense pressure either separately or in combination with any one or more of temperature, stress, strain, angulation, sweat composition or a physiological condition, the system including:

• a) a flexible substrate that can be worn by, or fitted directly or indirectly to surfaces of a user subject to pressure or forces;
• and
• b) at least one discrete pressure sensor that is integrally incorporated into the substrate having conductive leads that are sewn, knitted or woven to the substrate and terminate in contact surfaces located on an external surface of the substrate and spaced a distance from an edge boundary of the substrate, wherein the substrate and sensors can be worn directly or indirectly against surfaces of the user and the sensors can be positioned at desired locations without causing an increase in pressure on load bearing surfaces as result of the presence of the pressure sensors.